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Lawyer, unabashed nerd and geek. Purveyor and pusher of excellent sci-fi/fantasy, good food, and repartee. He/him. Dog dad/servant to @Goldendenali.
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[MSRP $259, $169 on Amazon as of 2/10/24, paid $148 in July 2021] Update September 2025 [Yeah, I fell victim to the “but they’re for studio mixing thing!” that everyone seemed to have fallen for back in 2021/2022. In my defense, this was one of my first pairs of headphones and I genuinely hadn’t heard…
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($150/year billed annually, $14.99/month billed monthly, $829 lifetime, plus costs of a server, controllers, and endpoints) [Tl;dr: This system is not without its flaws, and there are certainly cheaper/free options in the market that accomplish at least some of the same functionality, but for someone like me that values the ability to quickly and easily…
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When I was 19 or 20, Subaru brought its rally team to the Gorge Games. This meant that there were a number of the new 2002 “bug-eye” Impreza WRXs running around Hood River, all in the World Rally Classic Blue (what I think of as Subaru blue): I … fell in love. This was the…
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Introduction A couple of years ago, towards the end of 2021, I started seeing a new phenomenon popping up all across my social media feeds: Spotify Wrapped. It was a really cool, social media-friendly analysis of my friends’ listening habits across the last year. I don’t, and probably won’t ever, use Spotify in any regular…
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[Editor’s note: this is something I drafted in 2023, reflecting on my 2022 listening habits after seeing a bunch of my friends uploading their Spotify Wrapped packages. I built my own. I’m not sure I ever posted it anywhere, particularly based on the missing information re: Roon which I can’t really access after the fact…
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[Editor’s note: this is something I wrote in 2022, reflecting on my 2021 listening habits after seeing a bunch of my friends uploading their Spotify Wrapped packages. I built my own. I’m uploading these here as part of my effort to get the things I occasionally have to spend time scouring FB for in…
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M2 Macbook Air 13” Review [$1100 MSRP, always $1049.99 at Costco, occasionally on sale around $900 or $950] [Tl;dr: This laptop is nuts. It’s the first computer I’ve ever owned where I have essentially no notes other than a slight complaint about USB-C ports and reliance on Bluetooth. And the fact that it’s surprisingly affordable,…
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2015’s Top Ten Albums 1) “In Colour” — Jamie xx 2) “Synesthesiac – EP” — Jack Garrett 3) “Every Eye Open” — CHVRCHES 4) “EP3” — Zero 7 5) “Bones” — Son Lux 6) “Big Grams” — Big Grams 7) “25” — Adele 8) “Return to the Moon” — EL VY 9) “Urban Flora –…
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Scores: Cost-agnostic: 9 out of 10 Denalis Cost-sensitive: 7 out of 10 Denalis [Tl;dr: It was a great trip and I was very impressed with Viking overall. The staff was attentive (occasionally too attentive), the ship was clean and nicely appointed, the food was overall quite good and with a whole bunch of options, and the…
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So I still haven’t made it back home so I haven’t had a chance to dig into the data living on my home music server about what I listened to in 2023, but here’s my first crack at a top ten list for the year.1 “First Two Pages of Frankenstein” by The National. Was there…
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